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ADVERTISING DE VICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed February 6, 1907. Serial No. 355,995.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that l, LEONE S. SnARrs, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New `York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates generally to advertising devices and particularly to apparatus intended for the production of an illusion with respect to the formation or manufacture of certain articles of comlnerce, as will hereafter appear.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive device of the character set forth, ada ted to produce novel advertising effects.

ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention can be made within the sco e of the following claims without departing rom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an advertising device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the op osite side of the device from that illustrate in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, vertical section through the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Flg. 4 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section, showing one convenient form of mechanism for creating an illusion. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken at a right angle to Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail lan view of the mechanism for automatica ly throwing out of operation the devices illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section through the suction chamber. Fig. 9 is a detail vertical section through a controlling device located in the suction chamber. Fi 10 is a detail plan view of a pneumatic vafve. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal vertical section through a modified form of apparatus.

ike reference numerals indicate corres onding parts in the different figures of the rawing.

It may be briefly premised that the embodiment of invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive is intended particularly for simulating the operation of cutting or forming a perforated music roll, so that when the dcvice is placed in the show window of a music store it will provoke the curiosity of passersby by counterfeiting the action of forming a music roll. To this end the device is provided with an endless belt of paper which is supposed to represent the music roll before it has been perforated; a perforated strip of paper which forms a continuation of the lank strip of paper; mechanism out of contact with the two strips of paper for creating the illusion of perforating one of the sheets, suitable mechanism for moving the perforated sheet in one direction or the other 5 and other details of construction to be more fully set forth hereafter.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numeral 1 indicates the body of the ap aratus, which is in the form of a rectangu ar box supported upon legs 2. The means for driving the various arts of the apparatus preferably consist of) an ordinary electric motor 8.

As shown in Fig. 2, the motor 3, by means of a belt 4, drives a large belt wheel 5 fixed on a shaft 6, which extends transversely through v the apparatus. The shaft 6, by means of a belt 7, drives a belt wheel 8 fixed on a shaft 9. The shaft 9, by means of a sprocket wheel 10 fixed thereon, drives a sprocket chain 11, which in turn drives a sprocket wheel 12 fixed on a shaft 13. The s aft 13, at its o posite end, drives a s rocket wheel 14, which) is adapted to be c utched and unclutched from the shaft, as will hereafter appear. Sprocket wheel 14, through a sprocket chain 15, drives sprocket wheels 16, 17. The sprocket wheel 16 is fixed on the shaft 18 of a roll 19. Extending around the roll 19 is an endless strip of blank paper or other suitable material 2() which, as shown in Fig. 3, extends at its op osite end around an idle roll 21. Throu h t e chain of mechanism described, it w' l be seen that the endless stri 20 is normally driven in the direction of t e arrow from the motor 3, and that the movement of the strip 2O can be stop ed when desired, by unclutching the sprociket wheel 14 from the shaft 13, as will hereafter ap ear.

he mechanism for creating an illusion with respect to the endless stri 20 so as to simulate the operation of punc ing holes in the said strip, preferably is operated by the s rocket wheel 17, which is mounted on a sfiaft 22. The shaft 22, as shown in Fi s. 5 and 6, is provided with a cylinder 23, rom the periphery of which a number of pins 24 project in radial directions. The radial pins 24, during the operation of shaft 22 and cylinder 23, are adapted to envage and raise at different times a number o gravityactuated dummy plungers 25, which are loosely mounted for vertical movement in any suitable manner in a boxing 26, which covers and conceals one end of the endless stri 20, as shown in Fig. 1. As soon as one of t ie plungers 25 has been raised by one of the pins 24, and said in moves out of engagement with the p unger, said plunger drops by gravity into its lowest position. The lungers 25 serve to create the effect of punc ies acting on the strip 20, and thus serve to simulate the operation of unching holes in said strip, although it Willj be seen that this illusion mechanism is out of engagement with the stri or moving surface 20. Any number of p ungers 25 can be employed, and the ins 24 preferably are so a'rranged on the cy inder 23 as to raise different lungers at different times. It Will be unlderstood that when the s rocket wheel 14 is unclutched from the sha t 13, as Will hereafter appear, the operation of the sprocket chain 15, and consequently the operation of the plunge'rs 25 and endless strip or surface 20 Will be simultaneously sto ped.

The reference numeral 27 in icates an ordinary perforated music sheet Which is Wound at one end, as shown in Fig. 3, upon a roll or spool 28 fixed on a shaft 29 journaled in the machine frame. From the spool 28 the erforated sheet or surface 27 passes aroun an idle roll 30, as Well as the roll 31 mounted loosely on the shaft 13. From the roll 31 the perforated surface or strip 27 is Wound around or connected with a spool 32 suitabl connected with the machin-e frame. It Wil be observed that the idle roll 30 in Fig. 3 is disposed in proximity to the roll 19, and that both of said rolls are dis osed under the boxin 26, whereby the en less surface 2() and t e perforated surface 27 create the illusion of a single surface moving continuously under the boxing 26 and being perforated by means of the plungers 25.

The means for driving the spool 32 so as to Wind the perforated strip or surface thereon preferably comprises a belt 33, which is operated by a shaft 9, and drives at its opposite end a gear Wheel 34, which is mounted u on a lever 35 pivoted at A36. The gear Whee 34 meshes with a ear 37, which in turn meshes with a gear W el 38, mounted upon the shaft of the spool 32 so as todrive the salme. When it is desired to rewind the erforated striior surface 27 in a rearward direction en to t e spool 28, the lever 35 is operated as will hereafter appear, to throw the ear wheel 34 out of mesh with the gear Whee 37.

The mechanism for rewindmg the perforated sheet 27 onto the spool 28 after it has been completely Wound on to the spool 32 preferably comprises a sprocket chain 39, which is driven by a sprocket Wheel 4() fixed on the shaft 6 as shown in Fig. 1. The sprocket chain 39 drives a sprocket Wheel 41, which is formed With two sprocket ortions so that it in turn drives a sprocket c ain 42 for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The sprocket Wheel 41 is journaled upon a lever 43, which is fulcrumed at 44 upon the machine fr'ame. The u and down movement of the free end of the ever 43 is limited by an ordinary traveler bracket 45. Then the lever 43 is raised in the manner hereinafter described, the s rocket chain 39 meshes with a sprocket Whee 46, Which is mounted on the shaft 29 of the rewinding spool 28 so as to rewind the perforated sheet 27. At the same time that the sprocket chain 39 is raised by the lever 43 into engagement With the sprocket Wheel 46, the lever 35, Which is connected with the lever 43 by means of a link 47 is rocked so as to disengage the sprocket Wheel 34 from the sprocket Wheel 37.

For the urpose, of stopping the operation of the en ess stri' or surface 20 and the plungers 25 While t e perforated strip or sur'- face 27 is being rewound in a backward direction, the following mechanism is employed. The link 47 Which is connected with lever 43 at 48, is extended upward and is provided with a lug or projection 49 shown in Figs. 1 and 7. When the link 47 is raised by the lever 43, the lu 49 engages a lateral arm 50, mounted on a s aft 51, which is journaled in brackets 52 on the machine frame. The oposite end of the shaft 51 rejects into proximity with the sprocket Wfieel 14 and is provided With a lateral pin 53 indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and by full lines in Fig. 7, so that when the shaft 51 is rocked by the upward movement of the lever 43 and link 47, the pin 53 presses against the sprocket wheel 14 and moves it out of engagement with any Well known and suitable form of clutch 54 on the shaft 13, so as to throw the s rocket chain 15 out of operation and stop t e movement of the strip 20 and plungers 25 during the rewinding of the perforated stri or' surface 27. Then the shaft 43 and lin 47 are lowered, as will hereafter appear, to throw the sprocket Wheel 34 into engagement With the sprocket Wheel 37 and again begin the forward Winding of the perforated strip 27, a spring 55 throws the sprocket Wheel 14 into enga" ment with the clut-ch 54 and thus restarts t e operation of thestrip 20 and piangere 25.

In order to prevent the sprocket chain 39 on the lever 43 from sagging out of engagement With the sprocket Wheel 46, a second idle sprocket wheel 56 is journaled on a stud I on the lever -13 as shown in Fig. 1.

The mechanism for raisin T and lowering the lever 43 so as automatically to move the perforated strip 27, rst in a forward direction and then in a backward direction, preferably is constructed as follows: lhe numeral 57 in Figs. 8 and S) indicates a suction chamber which is in the form of a rectangular box extending along the bottom of the machine frame, as shown in Fig. 3. Communicating with one end of the suction chamber 57 through perforations 58 is an. ordinary form of suction bellows 5), which is operated or pumped by means of a link 6() connected, as shown in Fig. 1, in an eccentric manner with the sprocket wheel l() so that the rotation of said sprocket wheel will alternately expand and collapse the bellows 59 whereby to exert suction on the suction chamber 57. Connected with the opposite end of the suction chamber 57 by means of a perforation 61, is an auxiliary suction device 62, which consists preferably of an ordinary bellows held normally in expanded position by means of a spring 63, which may be of elliptical or othersuitable form. The suction in the suction chamber 57 collapses thc auxiliary suction device 62, but should the suction in the chamber 57 fall below a certain strength for any reason, the spring 63, by expanding the auxiliary device 62, will serve temporarny to increase the suction in the chamber 57.

Located between the bellows 59 and the l auxiliary device 62 is a bellows 64 which is normally in communication with the atmosphere through a wind passage 65 which cxtends upward through one wall of the chamber 57, and has a lateral branch opening into a valve seat 66 in the upper side of the suction chamber 57. It will be apparent that as long as the bellows 64 is in communication with the atmosphere, said bellows will be in expanded condition, but should the communication of said bellows with the atmosphere be shut off, and should said bellows 64 be thrown into conununication with the suction chamber 57, said bellows will bc collapsed, and through a link 67 shown in Fig. 1, will raise the Ylever 43 as previously described. The means for alternately throwing the bellows 64 into communication with the atmosphere and with suction chamber 57 is preferably constructed as Jfollows: Mounted in the suction chamber 57 is a controlling device 68 which is formed with an air chamber 69, as shown in Fig. i), covered by a flexible diaphragm 70. Resting upon the flexible diaphragm 7() is the stcm 71 of a valve 72. The air chamber 6) in the controlling device 68 is adapted to bc connected with the atmosphere by an air pipe 73,

which leads across the lower end of thc sucrated strip to be wound lorward.

tion chamber 57, and is provided with an exit o1' terminal indicated at 74 in Fig. 1U. The terminal 74 is adapted to be opened or closed by means of a slide valvc 75, which is provided with a slot 76, which may bcof any suitable and well known shape and into which projects a crank terminal 77 ol a shaft 78 journalcd on the sidc of the machine frame, and provided at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 4, with a crank portion 7%), which extends across the perforated sheet or surface 27 and is adapted to be engaged and partially rotated by means of a block 8() of wood or other material pasted or otherwise secured on the perforated. strip 2, it being understood that two plugs 8l) are employed, one on thc forward end and the other on the rear end of the strip 27. The operation of this part ofthe device is as follows: lhen the strip 27 is movingI in a forward direction, the slide valve is closed so the atmosphere can have no communication with the air chamber 6.) of the controller 68. Consequently the valve 72 is in the position illustrated in Fig. 9, and the atmosphere can connnunicate through the valve seat 66 and air passage 65 with the bellows 64, which is expanded, thus holding the lever' 43 in lowered position and causing the sprocket wheel 34 to operate the sprocket whcel 37 and wind the perforated sheet 27 forward. As soon as the perforated sheet 27 has been wound almost entirely on the spool 32, the plug 8() in Fig. 4 strikes the crank portion 79 of the shaft 78 and causes the lower crank portion 77 of said shaft to open the slide valve 75, thus permitting thc atmosphere to rush in through the opening through the pipe 73, leading to the air chamber 6.) in the controller 68. As this air chamber is located in the suction chamber 57, the entrance of the atmosphere beneath the diaphragm 7() causes said diaphragm to bulge or expand upward, thus raising the valve 72 and causing it to be pressed against the upper end of the valve seat 66 above the air passage 65 leadin to the bellows 64. This raising of the va vc 72 shuts oli' the atmospheric communication with the air passage 65 and throws said air passage 65 into communication with the suction chamber 57, whereby the bellows 64 is collapsed so as to raise the lever '-ll and thus automatically throw the spool 28 into operation, and the spool B2 out of operation to rewind the strip 27 in a backward direction, and at the same time throwing out of operation. the plungers 25 and the blank strip 2() by disengaging the sprocket wheel 1&1 from the shaft 13. The parts remain in this position until the strip 27 has been almost completely wound on the spool 28, at which time the plug 8() at the forward end of the strip 27 restores the crank portion 7S) of shaft 78 to its original position to close thc slide valve 75 and again cause said perfolt will be understood that the chamber 69 is provided with an ordinary pinhole vent leading into the suction chamber 57, so that when the valve 75 is closed, the pressure in the chamber 69 will be i'educed. As this pinhole vent is old and well known in the art, specific illustration thereof is unnecessary.

For the purpose of dropping little pieces of paper from the lower end of the machine to represent the cuttings from the perforated roll 27, a hopper 81 is placed in the machine frame as shown in Fig. 3, in the form of a. drawer which can be drawn outward when the hopper is empty. A valve 82 held closed by a spring 83 is adapted to be periodically opened by means of a cani S4, mounted on the shaft 9. ln order to provide certain dummy mechanism which will operate on the front face of the device to give it a complicated appearance and to provide a large number of moving parts to attract attention, the sprocket chain 42 shown in Fig. 1 is caused to rotate a shaft 85 shown in Fig. 3, which shaft is provided with a crank portion Se adapted, through a link 87, to rock an arm SS on a shaft 89. The shaft 89, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided on the outside of the machine with a reciprocating lever 90, which reciprocates the pistons 91 of the dummy cylinders 92. The belt wheel 5 is also utilized through a link 92a to operate the piston 93 ol' the duirimy cylinder 94. A pseudo-electric connection 95 leads to the guiding means for the plungers 25 so as to create the effect of an electrical operation of these iarts.

In the modified construction sliown in Fig. 11, the device is intended to create the illut sion of forming candy or other material, such, for example, chocolate balls or drops. ln this case the belt 20 is driven in any suitable manner from the motor 3. Pasted to the surface of the belt in any suitable manner is granualted or other material adapted to represent eliocolate powder or shavings and the like. The forward end of the belt 20 passes under the boxing 26, which is provided with plungers or other dummy mechanism 25', operated in any suitable manner by the motor 3. The belt 27 in this instance is cndless, and is driven in any suitable manner. An endless conveyor 100, provided with pockets or receptacles 101, is adapted to raise dummy chocolate drops or other pieces of candy or other material from a hopper 103 and deposit them under the boxing 26 upon the belt 27. From the forward end of the belt 27 the dummy articles drop on to a deflector 104 and fall into a. receptacle 105, in which a deflector 106 deposits them on an endless belt or conveyer 107, which reconveys them to the hopper 103. The belts for driving the various mechanism are all clearly indicated in dotted lines, and as these belts may be arranged 1n various dificrent ways, a specific description thereof is deemed to be unnecessary. The reference numeral 108 indicates a hopper which is supposed to be filled with powdered chocolate or other material to be fed on to the belt 20.

The apparatus of the present invention is strong, simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, as well as thoroughly efficient in operation.

What is claimed is:

1. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces combined to appear as a continuous surface, and mechanism out of engagement with said surfaces for creating an illusion with respect to one of said surfaces.

2. An advertising device having two movable surfaces combined to appear as a continuous surface, and mechanism out of engagement with said surfaces for creating an illusion with respect to one of said surfaces.

3. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces presenting different appearances and combined to appear as a continuous surface, and mechanism out of engagement with said surfaces for creating an ilusion with respect to one of said suri faces.

4. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces combined to appear as a continuous surface, and means for moving one of said surfaces in either direction without operating the other surface.

5. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, means for moving one of said surfaces in only one direction, and means for moving the other surface in two directions.

6. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, means for moving said surfaces in one direction, and means for stop ing one of said surfaces and moving :mot er surface in a reverse direction.

7. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, means for moving said surfaces in one direction, and means for automatically stopping one surface and reveisiiig the movement of the other surface.

8. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces and automatic means for stopping and starting one suiface and for reversing the movement of another surface.

9. An advertising device having a pluralit y of movable surfaces, dummy mechanism, and means for stopping the dummy mechanism and one of said surfaces without stopping another of said surfaces.

10. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, dummy mechanism, and automatic means forstopping the dummy mechanism and one surface and for reversing the movement of another' surface.

11. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, dummy mechanism, and automatic means for stop ing and l starting the dummy mechanism an one surface, and for reversing the movement of another surface.

12. An advertising device having a plurality of movable surfaces, means Jfor creating an illusion with res Jfaces and pneumatic means for controlling the operation of said surfaces.

13. An advertising device having movable surfaces and pneumatic means Jfor stopping and starting one surface and for reversing the p movement of another surface.

14. An advertising device having movable surfaces, separate gearing for operating each surface, and means for automatically stopping the gearing of one surface and reversing the gearing of another surface.

15. An advertising device having au endless surface, a second surface, a spool for each end of the second surface, dummy mechanism, a sprocket chain for operating the endless surface and dummy mechanism, re-

ect to one of said surversilole gearing for operating said second suriaee7 and pneumatic means for automatieally reversing the gearing of the second sui*- face, and stopping the sprocket chain which operates the endless surface and dummy iiiecliani'siii.

In. testimony whereof', l have hereunto set my hand in the presence oi tivo subscribing witnesses.

LEONE S. SHAHPS.

Titiiesses HENRY M. TURK, W. H (fmcirroNCLAnKri. 

